Snowden began in 1930, when the CPR bought the land for the townsite. The first postmaster, Robert English, chose the name, apparently in memory of a friend who drowned while working on the Nipawin ferry.
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Weather in Snowden
1°
Cloudy
Wind SSW 11 km/h, gusts 30 · Humidity 97%
- Tonight -4°
- Fri 2°-6°
- Sat 5°-3°
- Sun 4°0°
- Mon 6°-2°
- Tue 8°-3°
- Wed 5°
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of rain or light snow changing to 30 percent chance of light snow this evening. Fog patches developing near midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 4. Wind chill minus 9 overnight.
Normal for today: high 2°, low -7°
- 9 h 42 min of daylight, 3 min 59 s shorter than yesterday · sunrise 7:51 a.m., sunset 5:33 p.m.
- Frost likely tonight, low -4°
- Waning gibbous · the Beaver Moon is full Nov 24
- On this day: record high 17° in 1962, record low -20° in 1988
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Forecast for the Nipawin area, 47 km away, observed at Nipawin Airport at 8:47 p.m. Forecast and alerts from Environment and Climate Change Canada; water advisories from the Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, checked at 8:59 p.m..
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RM of Torch River office
Council- Phone
- 306-276-2066
- rm488@sasktel.net
- Website
- rmtorchriver.ca
- Office
- 110 Main Street
White Fox SK S0J 3B0 - Box 40
White Fox SK S0J 3B0 - Hours
- Monday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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